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Zakaria: Spending on Infrastructure Might not be Sexy. But It’s Important.
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November 22, 2021

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The need to fix America’s crumbling infrastructure has become a weary cliche — but that doesn’t change the fact that it is indeed falling apart. And just as is the case with any kind of deferred maintenance, the longer we wait, the worse the problem becomes — and the more expensive it will be to fix.

Fareed Zakaria says that’s why the infrastructure bill that President Biden just signed into law is so important.

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